Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1887-02-21

.'Campmeeting John. now - year, ola
vet vigorous. an with a voice thar hlled
he immense hnll. When presented TO
he audience. he said
There ar. lnt~ IF ID. d : boz this conn
Try, hut only one of u" Ne has attend
ed three hundred and scveuiy Two camp
meetings, and j. known from the Atlnn'l'
Ocean to the mairi,~ Of the West NJ
Campmeeting Jul,".
Sam jones delivered the SERMON last
night, and IL was MED with "'rHe~i'
trenchant truths
r, frrriny tu III, ,lerl rlii - VIII h Gun
bodies the idea Wha~never hr ''k IN we
least of the commandments = - snii'' 80
thouyh all had beeu broken lac Illustrated
by saying Suppose IA boat = fastened
80 The shore by u chain. That cham may
have many link. sone large, some sin'U'
II Won wish Ia cur that boat loose from
the shore it il not necessary to break one
of The largest links, nor q number of
links. If you examine the chain ANA -
lect th. very smallest link aud break that.
che boat is as effectually loosened ~ u
can ever he" Again, he said; III YOU
are travelling along "A road, ahd leave
that road. it is not necessary for YOU 10
leave it but once 10 be off the road. You
are off the moment YOU nave once turned
into another path"
Speaking from the text what | have
written, have written, he said There
are some things | had 60 do with yester-
day and to-day, and shall have 20 do with
forever. They are conscience, record,
God. Conscience is that rrigning prince
in my bosom, which is commenting what
is right and denOuncing what Is wrong.
= = > Every mans record Is what
he has made it.. Every act OF my lite
points up from the thing ! have done To
the nnal judgment bar. When the sun
is at meridian height, the god of day
poised straight above your head, and YOU
can run away from your shadow, then
you can run away from conscience, rec
ord. God. You cannot escape the honest
Judgment of God. You are going 20 be
judged up yonder by the law God has
given you down here. The only way In
the Universe to get in harmony with the
law of God. Man has made "A little piece of
mechanism that is attached 70 "a locomo-
tive. That locomotive starts from BOs-
ton and goes TO San Francisco. When II
arrives it is not necessary TO ask the en-
gineer how far he has come, nor how
many times he has stopped. That little
lila can be opened, and its mechanism
reveals how many miles the engine has
travelled, now many stops IL has made,
and how long was each stop. Don't you
suppose God can keep your record just
as well as that mechanism can keep the
record of the locomotive? Every man in
cubates upon the egg that shall hold the
worm that shal gnaw his conscience
through all eternity. A man cannot get
away from his record. That lie you told
yesterday will lash forever, and sparkle
upon the tablet on which you wrote IL.
A man must build his system upon the
Bible, for it is the only thing on earth
that touches conscience, record, God"
/ believe the success of the preaching
of these 1--WE men, the element which at
tracts people night after night, that which
has stirred this city in every strata Of so
ciety, is their directness, their plain,
simple speech, which leaves no room for
misunderstanding, and affords no oppor-
tunity for any one To make an issue on
dogmas, creeds, Jechnicalities. The
manner of each is that Of an honest, ear
nest man, who is about business that
must be attended to. Some complain
tina Jones makes his hearers laugh.
Well, is that Il sin? Beecher makes those
who assemble in Plymouth church laugh.
So do other ministers. No doubt many
go the first time because they hear that
Jones tells "A story well. III, as l know il
has DONE, the nrst visit results IN sue
ceeding attendance, conversion, and the
bringing Of others, wasn't the reputation
well worth having? You can't trap flies
with vinegar, nor can you persuade IA
man To cav the %alluring temptations OF
Il dance house or gambling saloon 10 lis
ten to a sleepy sermon. Men aud women
who have been learning lessons in vice
for years, have to be taught the first
steps in u Christian life. As we would
hob pidNC All lhidhls just Trying ~ ithiu
to walk in IA company of military men,
and expect it to march in step with the
rest, SO we ought not to expect that those
who have just caught the first strains of
the divine music should comprehend the
whole Of the glorious harmony.
A glorious work has been inaugurated.
Ministers do not hesitate To say they
have learned that which will help them
to do better work. and the people are
awakened. May the tide sweep on until
the cry that religion is declining can be
hurled back as false in every particular.
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